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Skilful manipulation somehow realigned me (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

legerdemain

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'skilful manipulation' is the definition.
'legerdemain' can be an answer for 'manipulation' (I've seen this before). I'm not sure about the 'skilful' bit.

'somehow realigned me' is the wordplay.
'somehow' is an anagram indicator.
'realigned'+'me'='realignedme'
'realignedme' with letters rearranged gives 'LEGERDEMAIN'.

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(Other definitions for legerdemain that I've seen before include "Deception, trickery" , "Manipulation" , "Find the lady will require this skill" , "Sleight of hand" , "leads to deception" .)

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